4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to things like cars or longer life-spans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

MeOhMy said1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.

Good argument, but don't overdo it, birth control is OK to meet the sexual needs of husband and wife (1 Corinthians7:2-6) unless you're Catholic (in that case, ignore the bible, listen to the pope) and eyeglasses are OK. Oh and insert Whole Foods ad here because of that natural way of living thingy.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can't legally get married because the world needs more children.

Correction: The civilized first world needs more children, meanwhile we can send the gays to corrupt the third world starving youth before they can conquer the first world... but sssssh... they are already catching up to the strategy, see: Uganda kill-da-gays bill.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

Well, I bet ya it was meaningful for her. Besides, who are you to judge!? LEAVE BRIT...! Nevermind.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

Well, not in all countries, but the world can't be perfect.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

And that's the argument that should be used to repeal gay marriage in Vermont, New Hampshire, Spain, Mexico City, etc. I'm sending your idea to NOM.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

Of course you only have one religion in America, all the other stuff are "natural religions" better know as superstition.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

Yes, is the Law of Atraction in action.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

Don't be silly, that would be cruel and unusual punishments.. for the pets.

10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

You're so optimistic, but there are still countries who allow single people to adopt and do not stone to death single mothers.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to things like cars or longer life-spans.

Indeed, have you seen the levels of stress nowadays? And gosh, are old people unnecesarily burdenning our social security systems; toss them to the hole I say!

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

Of course! But do no use that old analogy anymore. Use the example of bathrooms for men and women: separate but equal. Bonus point if you use this one to screw transgender people too.

Religion: we're arguing with a papacy that has raped europe for being " heretics. "

Technology: we're, clearly, unable to allow gay men to have children of their own via surrogate means due to advances in such.

Politics: the majority of politicians are down-to-earth, grassroots-oriented kind folk who are America's - and the world's - model citizens.

Fear: those that are both adamant and vehemently against homosexuality have never ... ever ... never ever considered themselves, at least, bi-curious.

Sex: because gay men are gay ... they are attracted to you because you are straight.

theUSConstitution: like the Bible, is written for my own personal interpretation; its title should be The Tendered Philosophy of Attempting to Have a United States Constitution.

Values: because gay men are gay ... they will de-value and cause an erosion of cultures.

... point being, those in power tend to fear those that are difficult to manipulate. politicians are more in bed with each other than two gay men, locked in an abandoned room, ever will be due to the fact that straight men manipulate other straight men far more than we gays ever could. straight men sleep with other straight men via the promises, hope, and change that their platform entails and when they have extracted the raw materials - i.e., capital - from their bed-mate ... they then proceed to withdraw themselves. it is no wonder that so many more straight men who are learning, more and more, that sexuality is indeed a continuum and that it is just as pleasurable to have a woman's hand between your loins as it is a man for which you care.

I'm not angry - perhaps I should be but a farce-stitution is not going to keep me from loving being who I am and both having enjoyable sex with and potentially marrying any man that I damn well choose - I am just imparting the obvious. if two 22/23-year old fags can define for themselves what it means to be gay and then question the validity of the arguments concurrently on the table for supporting anti-gay institutions ... simply with objectified - more so than not - logic ... then why, why, why ... can't those whose elected profession it is consider the following from a more holistic standpoint as well? yes, the hegemony is a powerful entity and still controls, in such an undue bureaucratic and corporate fasc-ion, the means to equal representation, rights, and livelihood for us the gay minority.

13. The word "marriage" is a religious term used to describe the sacred union of a man and a woman before God. That's why a straight couple can get married by a Justice Of The Peace at the Court House.